Hales Name Meaning: Taken from the Anglo-Saxon 'H(e)alh' meaning 'hollow'. From 'Hale'.
A name used to describe somebody who lived in a 'hollow'or on a dry piece of land.
Discover how your Hales ancestors earned their living and spread across the country. Find out more about your family history by using the Free Search box.Bedfordshire | 42 |
Buckinghamshire | 6 |
Berkshire | 16 |
Cambridgeshire | 37 |
Channel Islands | 4 |
Cheshire | 104 |
Cornwall | 4 |
Cumberland | 15 |
Derbyshire | 69 |
Devon | 46 |
Dorset | 5 |
Durham | 40 |
Essex | 315 |
Gloucestershire | 44 |
Hampshire | 102 |
Herefordshire | 24 |
Hertfordshire | 80 |
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) | 69 |
Isle of Man | 0 |
Kent | 371 |
Lancashire | 317 |
Leicestershire | 101 |
Lincolnshire | 110 |
London | 972 |
Middlesex | 124 |
Northumberland | 30 |
Norfolk | 202 |
Northamptonshire | 271 |
Nottinghamshire | 81 |
Oxfordshire | 26 |
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) | 69 |
Shropshire | 81 |
Suffolk | 144 |
Somerset | 79 |
Surrey | 151 |
Sussex | 62 |
Staffordshire | 385 |
Warwickshire | 235 |
Westmorland | 0 |
Wiltshire | 5 |
Worcestershire | 42 |
Yorkshire | 182 |
Anglesey | 0 |
Brecknockshire | 9 |
Cardiganshire | 0 |
Carnarvonshire | 0 |
Carmarthenshire | 0 |
Denbighshire | 11 |
Flintshire | 2 |
Glamorgan | 25 |
Merionethshire | 0 |
Montgomeryshire | 4 |
Monmouthshire | 34 |
Pembrokeshire | 0 |
Radnorshire | 0 |
Profession | Census Frequency |
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General Labourer | 61 |
Dress Maker | 48 |
Living On Own Means | 43 |
Scholar | 43 |
General Servant Domestic | 40 |
Cook Domestic | 37 |
Farmer | 24 |
Bricklayer | 23 |
Agricultural Labourer | 21 |
Domestic Servant | 20 |
House Maid Domestic | 20 |
Housemaid Domestic | 20 |
Ordinary Agricultural Labourer | 16 |
Carpenter | 15 |
Charwoman | 15 |
Laundress Wash | 15 |
Butcher | 14 |
House Painter | 14 |
Dressmaker | 13 |
Nil | 13 |
Gardener Domestic | 12 |
Brick Layer | 11 |
Bricklayer Labourer | 10 |
Tailoress | 10 |
Coal Miner Hewer | 10 |
Name | Census Frequency |
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William Hales | 2,299 |
Mary Hales | 1,979 |
John Hales | 1,574 |
Elizabeth Hales | 1,300 |
George Hales | 1,261 |
Sarah Hales | 1,144 |
Thomas Hales | 1,064 |
James Hales | 895 |
Charles Hales | 715 |
Henry Hales | 654 |
Ann Hales | 598 |
Jane Hales | 566 |
Eliza Hales | 506 |
Edward Hales | 481 |
Emma Hales | 467 |
Joseph Hales | 465 |
Alice Hales | 461 |
Ellen Hales | 438 |
Arthur Hales | 421 |
Robert Hales | 395 |
Annie Hales | 391 |
Frederick Hales | 387 |
Samuel Hales | 373 |
Alfred Hales | 372 |
Emily Hales | 348 |
Rank | Surname | Match | Census Frequency |
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1 | Hales | 100% | 31,923 |
2 | Hulse | 40% | 11,819 |
3 | Hiles | 80% | 6,837 |
4 | Hayles | 83% | 6,172 |
5 | Halse | 60% | 3,939 |
6 | Hailes | 83% | 3,761 |
7 | Hails | 60% | 2,761 |
8 | Heales | 83% | 2,020 |
9 | Holes | 80% | 1,634 |
10 | Heels | 40% | 974 |
11 | Heelis | 50% | 890 |
12 | Heelas | 50% | 715 |
13 | Heals | 60% | 462 |
14 | Hoiles | 67% | 462 |
15 | Halles | 83% | 304 |
16 | Hules | 80% | 220 |
17 | Heeles | 67% | 200 |
18 | Hils | 60% | 166 |
19 | Hols | 60% | 161 |
20 | Hals | 80% | 160 |
21 | Hooles | 67% | 143 |
22 | Hayls | 60% | 131 |
23 | Healas | 67% | 119 |
24 | Helas | 60% | 118 |
25 | Halis | 80% | 110 |
26 | Heles | 80% | 108 |
The surname Hales is the most popular version of all its varients